diseases

Explains what germs are, traces the history of germ fighting from ancient to modern times, and discusses the use of antibiotics and other methods of eliminating disease-causing germs in the future.

This book discusses the science behind floods. The chapters describe historical floods, analyze climate conditions that cause floods, and examine how scientists predict these disasters. Diagrams, charts, and photos provide opportunities to evaluate and understand the scientific concepts involved.

After facing their first battle, the remaining mountain cats must seek the Blazing Star in order to survive a new threat: a deadly disease sweeping through their territory.

After Allison is forced to flee the city, she joins a band of humans who are seeking a legend -- a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the creatures threatening humans and vampires alike.

"Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world"--Provided by publisher.

When the lethal plague known as the Scourge returns to Keldan the victims are sent to Attic Island, and Ani Mells of the River People is among them--but Ani does not feel sick, and with the help of her best friend, Weevil, she sets out to uncover the truth of what is happening, and expose the lies the people of Keldan have been told.

While seeking out the vampire Sarren to keep him from harming her creator, Kanin, Allison is led to the town of her birth. As her search intensifies, she ends up uncovering evidence that the Red Lung virus, deadly to both humans and vampires, has reemerged, and that if it is left unchecked, it could prove the doom of both species.

Contains three essays in which the author examines the possible source, and the social, economic, and cultural consequences of the plague of 1348.

After surviving the earthquake and tsunami, Shy manages to make it back to land but he is far from safe because a secret his cruise ship co-worker, Addie, shared with him is one that people have killed for, and now that Shy knows, he has become a moving target.

A lifetime of being bullied has left fifteen-year-old Billy angry and frightened, but when he is tricked into becoming Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, with the power to inflict diseases, he travels through time and memory to find Death in hopes of escaping his fate.